Begin forwarded message: > From: Betty Gough <goughb@eircom.net> > Date: 6 September 2014 11:26:02 IST > To: "reojan@gmail.com" <reojan@gmail.com> > Subject: National Library - update > > Hello Janet > Can you tell us if the ban on Cashel and Emly diocese church records has been lifted in the above library. About thirty years ago I did a lot of research on parish records from micro film, when they were available there. At some point Bishop Clifford gave an order to the library not to release these records to the public. Has that restriction been lifted? People need to know. I know of someone who plans to avail of them in NLI while here on holiday next month. Also, I want to mention that part of South Tipperary is in the diocese of Waterford and Lismore, and part of North Tipperary is in the diocese of Killaloe. Cashel and Emly being the diocese in the middle. The Excel Family History Centre in Tipperary has all the records for Cashel and Emly. The North Tipperary Family History Centre in Nenagh has the Killaloe diocesan records as well as the Cashel and Emly records partraining to North Tipperary. Also, county Tipperary became one county on 1st June of this year. Prior to that, it had two administrative centres,one in Nenagh and one in Clonmel. The letter on parish boundaries and town lands prompted me to mention the above, for new members beginning their search. > Betty

Hi Betty, The actual "ban" has never been lifted by the Archbishop, who controls all of Munster, by the way. It has just been ignored the last few years by the National Library after they got legal advice saying that the Archbishop does not own the facts presented in the records and those facts cannot be withheld as there can be no copyright on facts. On that basis the films of the diocese records are OPEN and free to consult at the National Library. To be technical, Tipperary has always been just one county but it has been divided into two administrative council districts - the North & South Ridings. The two Ridings have been dissolved now and there is only one County Council for the entire county now and they meet in Nenagh. Janet On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Betty Gough via <cotipperary@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Betty Gough <goughb@eircom.net> > > Date: 6 September 2014 11:26:02 IST > > To: "reojan@gmail.com" <reojan@gmail.com> > > Subject: National Library - update > > > > Hello Janet > > Can you tell us if the ban on Cashel and Emly diocese church records has > been lifted in the above library. About thirty years ago I did a lot of > research on parish records from micro film, when they were available > there. At some point Bishop Clifford gave an order to the library not to > release these records to the public. Has that restriction been lifted? > People need to know. I know of someone who plans to avail of them in > NLI while here on holiday next month. Also, I want to mention that part > of South Tipperary is in the diocese of Waterford and Lismore, and part of > North Tipperary is in the diocese of Killaloe. Cashel and Emly being the > diocese in the middle. The Excel Family History Centre in Tipperary has > all the records for Cashel and Emly. The North Tipperary Family History > Centre in Nenagh has the Killaloe diocesan records as well as the Cashel > and Emly records partraining to North Tipperary. Also, county Tipperary > became one county on 1st J! > une of this year. Prior to that, it had two administrative centres,one > in Nenagh and one in Clonmel. The letter on parish boundaries and town > lands prompted me to mention the above, for new members beginning their > search. > > Betty > > > > When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: > 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. > 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. > Thank You. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >